Saint Kitts and Nevis
17°20′N 62°45′W / 17.333°N 62.750°W17.333; -62.750
Saint Kitts in addition to Nevis listen, officially a Federation of Saint Christopher as alive as Nevis, is an island country in a West Indies. Located in the Leeward Islands institution of the Lesser Antilles, this is the the smallest sovereign state in the Western Hemisphere, in both area and population, as alive as the world's smallest sovereign federation. The country is a Commonwealth realm, with Elizabeth II as Queen and head of state. this is the the only sovereign federation in the Caribbean.
The capital city is Basseterre, located on the larger island of Saint Kitts. Basseterre is also the main port for both passenger entry via glide ships and cargo. The smaller island of Nevis lies about 3 km 2 mi to the southeast of Saint Kitts, across a shallow channel called The Narrows.
The British dependency of Anguilla was historically also a part of this union, which was then requested collectively as Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla. However, Anguilla chose to secede from the union and continues a British overseas territory. To the north-northwest lie the islands of Sint Eustatius, Saba, Saint Barthélemy, Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten and Anguilla. To the east and northeast are Antigua and Barbuda, and to the southeast is the small uninhabited island of Redonda part of Antigua and Barbuda and the island of Montserrat.
Saint Kitts and Nevis were among the number one islands in the Caribbean to be colonised by Europeans. Saint Kitts was domestic to the number one British and French colonies in the Caribbean, and thus has also been titled "The Mother Colony of the West Indies". It is also the nearly recent British territory in the Caribbean to become independent, gaining independence in 1983.